Use easy onset on vowel-initial words, sentences, and reading
When to use this goal
For students whose voice plan targets hard glottal attacks (a sharp, pressed start on words that begin with a vowel, such as "apple" or "I"). Easy onset is a gentle, breath-first start. Base the choice on the medical evaluation and the SLP's voice evaluation.
- Baseline
- Record 20 vowel-initial words and a paragraph and mark each vowel-initial word as easy or hard onset. Note whether hard attacks increase with loudness or excitement. Confirm the medical evaluation and voice plan are in place before setting the goal.
- Tips
- Score each vowel-initial word correct when the SLP hears a gentle start without a hard attack, using the voice plan's definition. Starting with an /h/ and fading it is a common teaching route; score the faded version as the target. Recording lets the student compare. Move to conversation and class with sl-voi-001 and sl-voi-002.
- Limits
- Easy onset judgments are perceptual; the same listener should score. Structured lists do not show carryover. Voice therapy goals follow a medical (ENT or laryngology) evaluation.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID sl-voi-006.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, given 20 words beginning with a vowel, read or repeated, the student will independently start each vowel-initial word with an easy onset (a gentle, breathy start without a hard attack) with at least 85% accuracy on vowel-initial words produced with easy onset, across 3 consecutive therapy sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected during each therapy session.
Baseline: 35% accuracy.
- Condition
- Observable behavior
- Criterion
- Measurement method
Measurability check11 of 11 met
Met: Observable behavior. Stated as an action.
Met: Condition. Stated.
Met: Unit fits the behavior. Percent accuracy fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Opportunity (trial) recording gives percent accuracy data.
Met: Review timeframe. Stated.
Met: Baseline and target compatible. Same unit, change in the right direction.
Met: Aligned with area of need. Still about Voice.
Met: Level of support. Defined.
Met: Blanks filled in. Nothing left to fill in.
Checks structure and wording only. Whether the goal fits the student is the team's call.
Short-term objectives (optional)
When are objectives required?Required for students on alternate assessments (34 CFR §300.320(a)(2)(ii)); some states require them for everyone.
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- Area of need
- Speech & Language - Voice
- Baseline
- 35% accuracy.
- Annual goal416 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, given 20 words beginning with a vowel, read or repeated, the student will independently start each vowel-initial word with an easy onset (a gentle, breathy start without a hard attack) with at least 85% accuracy on vowel-initial words produced with easy onset, across 3 consecutive therapy sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected during each therapy session.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Given 20 words beginning with a vowel, read or repeated
- Behavior
- The student will independently start each vowel-initial word with an easy onset (a gentle, breathy start without a hard attack)
- Criteria
- With at least 85% accuracy on vowel-initial words produced with easy onset, across 3 consecutive therapy sessions
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- During each therapy session
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Matching data sheet
Accuracy tracker. Records number correct and number attempted.
Accuracy tracker
Percent accuracy- Student label:
- Target:
- with at least 85% accuracy on vowel-initial words produced with easy onset
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive therapy sessions
- Collection schedule:
- during each therapy session
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, given 20 words beginning with a vowel, read or repeated, the student will independently start each vowel-initial word with an easy onset (a gentle, breathy start without a hard attack) with at least 85% accuracy on vowel-initial words produced with easy onset, across 3 consecutive therapy sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected during each therapy session.
| Date | Task / materials | # correct | # attempted | % accuracycorrect ÷ attempted × 100 | Support levele.g., independent, 1 verbal prompt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Score only items the student attempted unless the goal defines a fixed set of items. Use the same denominator every session.
- Percent = numerator ÷ denominator × 100. Round to one decimal place.
- Record the support actually provided, even if the goal is independent performance.
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